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Stray Puppies Won’t Stop Hugging Each Other Since They Were Rescued
Two stray puppies have recently been adopted by Buddhist nuns in a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the two haven’t stopped hugging each other ever since. Though the bigger pup still looks too tiny and helpless to even take care of himself, he keeps on holding his younger friend dearly in protection.
One can’t help but wonder what the two have experienced in the streets before being taken in the temple that has made them look so scared and vulnerable. Luckily, the two are in good hands now. They’re getting used to their new home and even trying to learn meditation from the nuns. Just look at that Zen pose! Everything will be alright.
(h/t: dailymail)
These two stray puppies were wandering lost and confused in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Everyone ignored them until Buddhist nuns saw them and decided to take the pups in their temple
The bigger pooch kept on holding his younger friend dearly in protection
One can’t help but wonder what the two have experienced in the streets
But now with every day the two nuggets are becoming more confident
Because now they’re in safe hands
And with every day the bigger pup is getting more and more relaxed
Because he knows that now he has someone to hold his paw, too
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Nick Calverey 8 years ago
I'm calling BS on this ridiculously naive story. In every photo the puppies are being made to sit or stand upright - it's completely unnatural and staged. Here's what I think happened: these two puppies were near the temple, starving and desperate. They were taken inside, given a bowl of rice and some water, made to repeatedly pose for a sequence of absurd photos showing them hugging and standing, all for the amusement of the people there, and then forgotten and possibly regarded as a nuisance. No more rice, no deworming or anything else they obviously need. And one or both puppies has/have since died through neglect. Am I right?
Slava Tsekov 8 years ago
I also question why are the sitting up on every picture. This is unnatural. The rest is subject for speculation. But there is a strong sense of fear in the eyes of these dogs, like they are more fearful then hungry. ... by the way, stray dogs that I have seen don't look so scared, they look more apathetic. This is unnatural for these photos.
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Vân Trịnh 8 years ago
Wtf? :)) you should go to school for study about the way to know how's difference between Vietnam and China before u wrote this . This dogs been grow up in Vietnam's pagoda. Sadly that 1 of them just gone . Plzzzz become a good newspaperwoman
Bitu Cao Minh 8 years ago
Do you know the name of the temple? I may pass by and see if the older one is indeed there or back on the streets. If the latter, then I'll adopt him
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Tricia Anderson 8 years ago
Something is definitely not right with this article. These puppies are not in natural poses. It sickens me to think what they must have done to get them to pose this way and what they're fate was.
Mira Pantazopol Iordanescu 8 years ago
Why do you post incorrect stories ? And why didn't you write the ending too ? because the little black one was SICK and eventually died...And how about LOOKING at all THESE photos here to realize that these puppies have been trained to sit like that ? And you call this " journalism ?" And yes, it is VIETNAM...and the puppies were there in that Temple...Interesting how so many readers got to learn the TRUTH, yet you could not ...Just click on an image and Search google for it, and YOU will get the correct information...It is your moral and ethical duty to RE WRITE the story...http://thoibao.today/paper/thuong-dut-ruot-cau-cun-em-o-chua-bao-hoa-son-da-
Danielle Hart 8 years ago
Julija, please take this horrible story off this Website. Can't you tell that those poor wee souls are terrified? It's obvious that no puppy stands or sits like that unless they have been taught to do so and probably not with very kind methods... They do not look healthy or happy. It's a very sad and depressing story and has no business being on your website. It's an obvious case of abuse and neglect. Please research your articles a little more carefully before posting...
jevais 8 years ago
Also I eager that dogs don't ever take such strange postures. I've had dogs all my life and never saw any thing like it. Asians have little ideas about how to treat animals correctly. They eat anything that crawls, flies, swims, walks. The way they kill and keep animals is beyond cruel.
Julija Televičiūtė (Post author) 8 years ago
Hey Ly Nguyen, sorry if we made a mistake, however every source that we check says it happened in China. Do you have a link to an article where it says it's in Vietnam? We'd like to fix the article.
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Gayane Kazarosyan 8 years ago
These dogs DO NOT LOOK HAPPY or RELAXED!!! They are tense! And now I learn that the smaller black puppy is dead???? WTF?? Where do you see dogs standing on their back legs against a wall????? Are you blind? DO NOT write insane articles like this that the dogs are safe??? Safe would've been dogs in their normal self, laying down, relaxing with a smile on their faces, or sleeping, or playing.... UGHH.... What is wrong with you???
Marjorie Muyrong 8 years ago
The pictures of these dogs are bothersome and weird. I hope that the stories are also filtered. Otherwise, perhaps, a more accurate storytelling. I am sure dogs don't hug like that. :(
Nick Calverey 8 years ago
I'm calling BS on this ridiculously naive story. In every photo the puppies are being made to sit or stand upright - it's completely unnatural and staged. Here's what I think happened: these two puppies were near the temple, starving and desperate. They were taken inside, given a bowl of rice and some water, made to repeatedly pose for a sequence of absurd photos showing then hugging and standing, all for the amusement of the people there, and then forgotten and possibly regarded as a nuisance. No more rice, no deworming or anything else they obviously need. And one or both puppies has/have since died through neglect. Am I right?
Richard Petch 8 years ago
They are very lucky they didn't end up in a cooking pot for somebodies dinner.
jevais 8 years ago
I totally eager with you. They even beat to death dogs so they taste better!? Bears have their paws cut off while they are still alive and kept alive to draw bile via a simple faucet placed in their bile duct: I can't go on there is so much do be said. China is suppose to one of the most ancient civilasation, well they sure haven't yet learned much about how to be kind to animals.
Jose Guilherme 5 years ago
Absurdo!!! complemente antinatural, forçar os caezinhos a posarem de bacana enquanto o homem ganha dinheiro.
justin taylor 7 years ago
These "nuns" are evil f*****g c***s who get off on torturing puppys, and this article is childishly r******d Disneyfied horseshit... Did you not see the looks of terror in the dogs' eyes as they were forced to "hug" each other. Are these poor guys still alive or were they eaten after the stupid feel-good photos were taken?
Mika Smuts 8 years ago
Found this regarding above dogsMira Eleonora Pantazopol Iordanescu Faculty of Linguistics Bucharest NOT TRUE...NOT a happy ending story . The black one was SICK and died...( you can see him DEAD in a green plastic bag ) The original and TRUE story is in THIS ARTICLE from Vietnam media ( and there are many more articles ) There is NO happy ending . Use google translator and you WILL get the TRUTH...After so many years using the internet people STILL do not want to do some research and find the ORIGINAL source of images and the TRUTH... 1- those puppies were born at THAT Temple in Vietnam. 2- the nuns taught them to stand and hug each other. 3 - there is NO happy ending....the little black one DIED, because they do not have ANY kind of veterinarian care there for the animals they have... 4 - they feed them rice http://thoibao.today/.../thuong-dut-ruot-cau-cun-em-o...
Bitu Cao Minh 8 years ago
I am currently in HCMC and will adopt the big one ( I guess the one who made it) if he really is not going to be stayin at the temple permanently. Any leads on how I could find out?
Beth Hall Barbara 8 years ago
CAN SOMEONE ANSER THIS GENTLEMAN TO LET HIM KNOW IF HE CAN ADOPT THE OLDER PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hue Anh Nguyen 8 years ago
This is in Vietnam, not China. Saw a video of the dog, they spoke Vietnamese to him. Please correct the information. Thank you.
Beth Hall Barbara 8 years ago
Where did you see a video-Because I have been searching for these little ones and have found nothing except these pictures and this story.
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Janjira Williams 7 years ago
Please stop posing.I got billion Vietnamese friends owned to eating dogs&cats.the country got meat supplies from Thailand. Thai people don't eat either cats or dogs.its deep rooted Buddhist believe. Same as india.why you think so many Indians are Vega.? I'm asian.I lived&breath Asians living the last 65 years.how old are uou Dearie?
Kimberley Harrison 7 years ago
the dark puppy is definitely ill or dead.......disgusting article makingthe dogs sit like that is so un natural. bored panda you need to delete this seriously very upsetting
Marlene Black 8 years ago
And the big stick in the second last photo.... sweet jesus. What is wrong with these people??
Marlene Black 8 years ago
And clueless ignorant people think that these pictures are "cute". People believe anything, sadly.
Marlene Black 8 years ago
Bloody Asia is nothing but a hell hole for animals. These poor puppies. They are scared shitless. I;m not surprised the wee black one is dead. Just sickening.
Julija Televičiūtė (Post author) 8 years ago
Hey kitty220591, sorry if we made a mistake, however every source that we check says it happened in China. Do you have a link to an article where it says it's in Vietnam? We'd like to fix the article.
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Tracy Ninh 8 years ago
Before you want to post something, please double check to make sure everything is correct. These dogs from Vietnam, not some stupid places in China.
Candy Candy 8 years ago
wow! Some stupid places in China?! That's rude mate! You want others to repect your country but you just being rude to others's homeland. Awkard :(
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Beth Hall Barbara 8 years ago
I have yet to see nuns??????? I saw one lady who the pup was very scared of her.
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Limin Huang 8 years ago
Yeah same with pigs allover the world. But you know what? That's okay. That's how you've been taught.
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Nick Calverey 8 years ago
I'm calling BS on this ridiculously naive story. In every photo the puppies are being made to sit or stand upright - it's completely unnatural and staged. Here's what I think happened: these two puppies were near the temple, starving and desperate. They were taken inside, given a bowl of rice and some water, made to repeatedly pose for a sequence of absurd photos showing them hugging and standing, all for the amusement of the people there, and then forgotten and possibly regarded as a nuisance. No more rice, no deworming or anything else they obviously need. And one or both puppies has/have since died through neglect. Am I right?
Slava Tsekov 8 years ago
I also question why are the sitting up on every picture. This is unnatural. The rest is subject for speculation. But there is a strong sense of fear in the eyes of these dogs, like they are more fearful then hungry. ... by the way, stray dogs that I have seen don't look so scared, they look more apathetic. This is unnatural for these photos.
Load More Replies... Vân Trịnh 8 years ago
Wtf? :)) you should go to school for study about the way to know how's difference between Vietnam and China before u wrote this . This dogs been grow up in Vietnam's pagoda. Sadly that 1 of them just gone . Plzzzz become a good newspaperwoman
Bitu Cao Minh 8 years ago
Do you know the name of the temple? I may pass by and see if the older one is indeed there or back on the streets. If the latter, then I'll adopt him
Load More Replies... Tricia Anderson 8 years ago
Something is definitely not right with this article. These puppies are not in natural poses. It sickens me to think what they must have done to get them to pose this way and what they're fate was.
Mira Pantazopol Iordanescu 8 years ago
Why do you post incorrect stories ? And why didn't you write the ending too ? because the little black one was SICK and eventually died...And how about LOOKING at all THESE photos here to realize that these puppies have been trained to sit like that ? And you call this " journalism ?" And yes, it is VIETNAM...and the puppies were there in that Temple...Interesting how so many readers got to learn the TRUTH, yet you could not ...Just click on an image and Search google for it, and YOU will get the correct information...It is your moral and ethical duty to RE WRITE the story...http://thoibao.today/paper/thuong-dut-ruot-cau-cun-em-o-chua-bao-hoa-son-da-
Danielle Hart 8 years ago
Julija, please take this horrible story off this Website. Can't you tell that those poor wee souls are terrified? It's obvious that no puppy stands or sits like that unless they have been taught to do so and probably not with very kind methods... They do not look healthy or happy. It's a very sad and depressing story and has no business being on your website. It's an obvious case of abuse and neglect. Please research your articles a little more carefully before posting...
jevais 8 years ago
Also I eager that dogs don't ever take such strange postures. I've had dogs all my life and never saw any thing like it. Asians have little ideas about how to treat animals correctly. They eat anything that crawls, flies, swims, walks. The way they kill and keep animals is beyond cruel.
Julija Televičiūtė (Post author) 8 years ago
Hey Ly Nguyen, sorry if we made a mistake, however every source that we check says it happened in China. Do you have a link to an article where it says it's in Vietnam? We'd like to fix the article.
Load More Replies... Gayane Kazarosyan 8 years ago
These dogs DO NOT LOOK HAPPY or RELAXED!!! They are tense! And now I learn that the smaller black puppy is dead???? WTF?? Where do you see dogs standing on their back legs against a wall????? Are you blind? DO NOT write insane articles like this that the dogs are safe??? Safe would've been dogs in their normal self, laying down, relaxing with a smile on their faces, or sleeping, or playing.... UGHH.... What is wrong with you???
Marjorie Muyrong 8 years ago
The pictures of these dogs are bothersome and weird. I hope that the stories are also filtered. Otherwise, perhaps, a more accurate storytelling. I am sure dogs don't hug like that. :(
Nick Calverey 8 years ago
I'm calling BS on this ridiculously naive story. In every photo the puppies are being made to sit or stand upright - it's completely unnatural and staged. Here's what I think happened: these two puppies were near the temple, starving and desperate. They were taken inside, given a bowl of rice and some water, made to repeatedly pose for a sequence of absurd photos showing then hugging and standing, all for the amusement of the people there, and then forgotten and possibly regarded as a nuisance. No more rice, no deworming or anything else they obviously need. And one or both puppies has/have since died through neglect. Am I right?
Richard Petch 8 years ago
They are very lucky they didn't end up in a cooking pot for somebodies dinner.
jevais 8 years ago
I totally eager with you. They even beat to death dogs so they taste better!? Bears have their paws cut off while they are still alive and kept alive to draw bile via a simple faucet placed in their bile duct: I can't go on there is so much do be said. China is suppose to one of the most ancient civilasation, well they sure haven't yet learned much about how to be kind to animals.
Jose Guilherme 5 years ago
Absurdo!!! complemente antinatural, forçar os caezinhos a posarem de bacana enquanto o homem ganha dinheiro.
justin taylor 7 years ago
These "nuns" are evil f*****g c***s who get off on torturing puppys, and this article is childishly r******d Disneyfied horseshit... Did you not see the looks of terror in the dogs' eyes as they were forced to "hug" each other. Are these poor guys still alive or were they eaten after the stupid feel-good photos were taken?
Mika Smuts 8 years ago
Found this regarding above dogsMira Eleonora Pantazopol Iordanescu Faculty of Linguistics Bucharest NOT TRUE...NOT a happy ending story . The black one was SICK and died...( you can see him DEAD in a green plastic bag ) The original and TRUE story is in THIS ARTICLE from Vietnam media ( and there are many more articles ) There is NO happy ending . Use google translator and you WILL get the TRUTH...After so many years using the internet people STILL do not want to do some research and find the ORIGINAL source of images and the TRUTH... 1- those puppies were born at THAT Temple in Vietnam. 2- the nuns taught them to stand and hug each other. 3 - there is NO happy ending....the little black one DIED, because they do not have ANY kind of veterinarian care there for the animals they have... 4 - they feed them rice http://thoibao.today/.../thuong-dut-ruot-cau-cun-em-o...
Bitu Cao Minh 8 years ago
I am currently in HCMC and will adopt the big one ( I guess the one who made it) if he really is not going to be stayin at the temple permanently. Any leads on how I could find out?
Beth Hall Barbara 8 years ago
CAN SOMEONE ANSER THIS GENTLEMAN TO LET HIM KNOW IF HE CAN ADOPT THE OLDER PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Load More Replies... Hue Anh Nguyen 8 years ago
This is in Vietnam, not China. Saw a video of the dog, they spoke Vietnamese to him. Please correct the information. Thank you.
Beth Hall Barbara 8 years ago
Where did you see a video-Because I have been searching for these little ones and have found nothing except these pictures and this story.
Load More Replies... Janjira Williams 7 years ago
Please stop posing.I got billion Vietnamese friends owned to eating dogs&cats.the country got meat supplies from Thailand. Thai people don't eat either cats or dogs.its deep rooted Buddhist believe. Same as india.why you think so many Indians are Vega.? I'm asian.I lived&breath Asians living the last 65 years.how old are uou Dearie?
Kimberley Harrison 7 years ago
the dark puppy is definitely ill or dead.......disgusting article makingthe dogs sit like that is so un natural. bored panda you need to delete this seriously very upsetting
Marlene Black 8 years ago
And the big stick in the second last photo.... sweet jesus. What is wrong with these people??
Marlene Black 8 years ago
And clueless ignorant people think that these pictures are "cute". People believe anything, sadly.
Marlene Black 8 years ago
Bloody Asia is nothing but a hell hole for animals. These poor puppies. They are scared shitless. I;m not surprised the wee black one is dead. Just sickening.
Julija Televičiūtė (Post author) 8 years ago
Hey kitty220591, sorry if we made a mistake, however every source that we check says it happened in China. Do you have a link to an article where it says it's in Vietnam? We'd like to fix the article.
Load More Replies... Tracy Ninh 8 years ago
Before you want to post something, please double check to make sure everything is correct. These dogs from Vietnam, not some stupid places in China.
Candy Candy 8 years ago
wow! Some stupid places in China?! That's rude mate! You want others to repect your country but you just being rude to others's homeland. Awkard :(
Load More Replies... Beth Hall Barbara 8 years ago
I have yet to see nuns??????? I saw one lady who the pup was very scared of her.
Load More Replies... Limin Huang 8 years ago
Yeah same with pigs allover the world. But you know what? That's okay. That's how you've been taught.
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